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sillygoosegirlAlly is Josh's 4-year-old 1st cousin once removed (??). I met her for the first time (that I remember) at grandma's funeral last summer. We played Apples to Apples together last night. And then as I was getting ready to go, she asked me a series of questions. First she wanted to know where I was going. Then she wanted to know where my parents lived. Then she was confused when that was not where I'd said I was going. Then she wanted to know where I lived, and again was confused when that wasn't where I was going and wasn't where my parents lived.
Ally: [In a tone that makes it sound truly scandalous] Do you live by yourself???
Me: Actually, I live with my husband.
Ally: [Sounding even more scandalized] You got married???
Me: Yep.
Ally: Why???
Me: [thinks to myself, well that's kind of a big question that took me only like 2 years to answer for myself... but I don't get into that and try to manage a neutral answer at a 4-year-old level] Because we loved each other and wanted to be our own family.
Ally: Do you have any babies?
Me: [briefly consider giving her the lecture I have prepared for rude adults about how we aren't any less of a family for not having any babies yet, but again, she's 4] No, not yet.
Ally: When are you going to have babies?
Me: [Exasperatedly to the other adults nearby] Everyone keeps asking me this! And especially the kids!!
Me: [Back to Ally] Not for a few more years.
Ally: Why don't you ask Jesus to give you a baby tomorrow???
Ah, let me count the reasons...
She's lucky she's cute and too young to know any better... that's all I can say.
Ally: [In a tone that makes it sound truly scandalous] Do you live by yourself???
Me: Actually, I live with my husband.
Ally: [Sounding even more scandalized] You got married???
Me: Yep.
Ally: Why???
Me: [thinks to myself, well that's kind of a big question that took me only like 2 years to answer for myself... but I don't get into that and try to manage a neutral answer at a 4-year-old level] Because we loved each other and wanted to be our own family.
Ally: Do you have any babies?
Me: [briefly consider giving her the lecture I have prepared for rude adults about how we aren't any less of a family for not having any babies yet, but again, she's 4] No, not yet.
Ally: When are you going to have babies?
Me: [Exasperatedly to the other adults nearby] Everyone keeps asking me this! And especially the kids!!
Me: [Back to Ally] Not for a few more years.
Ally: Why don't you ask Jesus to give you a baby tomorrow???
Ah, let me count the reasons...
She's lucky she's cute and too young to know any better... that's all I can say.
